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This St Patrick’s Day, Ministers have a message to deliver around the world, writes BRIAN COWEN

IRELAND HAS faced the global economic and financial crisis head on. We are coming through this difficult period – I am determined that we will continue on this path. And I am confident that growth will return to the economy later this year.